Britain’s biggest grocers are heading the queue at the Post Office to take
control of dozens of its main high street offices — and the tens of
thousands of customers who come with them.

However, opposition to the closure and transfer of business of a fifth of the
largest so-called Crown offices of the Post Office is gathering momentum.
MPs such as Amber Rudd, George Osborne’s personal private secretary, and the
Labour veteran Peter Hain are among those running local campaigns against
the Post Office plans, while 4,000 counter staff are to embark on a fourth
day of strikes today.